Continuing our series on emerging contaminants in our drinking water, we arrive at anticonvulsants and mood stabilizers. Like sex hormones, the amount of anticonvulsants and mood stabilizers are rapidly increasing, especially in US cities, leading to negative side effects like thyroid problems and weight gain. The best way to protect yourself and your family is to invest in a multi-stage water filtration system like what you find in our premium alkaline water ionizers.
Anticonvulsants are primarily prescribed to people with epilepsy and other seizure disorders to control their seizures. People drinking anticonvulsants in their water might have their neurological functions impacted. It could change their brain activity, cognitive functioning, and increase the risk of neurological disorders.
Some anticonvulsants can impact our metabolic and hormonal levels, too. This could lead to weight gain or loss, changes in thyroid function, and other problems.
Another huge problem with anticonvulsants is that they tend to interact with other drugs. So, if you are already taking prescribed medications, drinking water with anticonvulsants could impact those medications.
Anticonvulsants also hurt our environment. Of course, fish and other aquatic organisms would be severely harmed by having these in their water.
Mood stabilizers are prescribed to individuals who have mood disorders such as bipolar disorder. The general population definitely doesn’t want to be exposed to these. If they are, certain mood stabilizers, like lithium, can impact our hormones. This could lead to weight gain and loss, impact our thyroid, and cause other problems.
Mood stabilizers could also impact the mood and behavior of the general population. We could see an impact in emotional disorders, how we think, and negatively impact our mental well-being.
Mood stabilizers also tend to interact with other drugs, so there could be unintended consequences from drinking mood stabilizers and taking prescribed medications. And just like the other drugs, mood stabilizers can have a devastating impact on our environment.
Reverse osmosis is recommended to remove mood stabilizers and anticonvulsants from your drinking water. So, hooking up a reverse osmosis system to your water ionizer is best. A good multi-stage water filtration system will also remove most of these emerging contaminants. Multi-stage is key because you want at least .01 micron rated with alternating carbon and ceramic and ion exchange resin stages like what you find in our premium alkaline water ionizers.
